A homeless man with special needs was stabbed to death after hanging out with a gang of violent thugs, it has been claimed.

A teenager has now handed himself in to gardai probing Adam Muldoon’s horrific murder.

He was found with stab and slash wounds to his throat and neck in Butler’s Park or Jobstown Park area of Tallaght, South Dublin on Saturday morning. It is believed the 23-year-old had been socialising with a gang of young thugs.

Adam, who suffered from cerebral palsy was living rough in the area for some time.

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A source said: “He was a harmless young man who was being bullied by this young gang of thugs.

“It seems he was looking for company and they took advantage of this. The theory is that at least one of the gang, who was drunk and drugged up, attacked him with a knife.

“He stabbed and slashed at his throat and left him for dead.

“This was a barbaric attack – it was a frenzied, hateful assault.”

It is understood a postmortem found Adam suffered upwards of 100 separate wounds, one of which slashed his throat. The source added: “Yesterday morning a boy handed himself into Tallaght Garda Station for questioning – he is 17.”